The Brief: Livestreaming Drones and Periscope, Facebook Live and News Feed

TL;DR

Livestreaming developments and major updates with Periscope, Facebook Live, and Facebook News Feed. Here are some highlights:

Drones can now livestream to Periscope

In addition to supporting GoPro broadcast live footage, Periscope has opened support for drone livestreaming. It’s also adding search functionality to find livestreams by keyword or topic (e.g., #music and #food).

News Feed FYI: Taking into account live video when ranking feed

Since it launched in December 2015, Facebook Live video has become more popular. Now, Facebook has made an update so that Facebook Live videos are more likely to appear higher in News Feed when those videos are live, compared to after. People spend more than 3x more time watching a Facebook Live video than a video that’s no longer live.